Georgina Carson

The applicant father brought a motion to expand his parenting time with his three children from supervised access to unsupervised and overnight parenting time.

The respondent mother opposed, citing historical allegations of family violence and the father's criminal charges, which were resolved by a peace bond.

The court found that supervised access had been inappropriately used as a long-term remedy and that the mother's refusal to consent to a reasonable schedule was not protective gatekeeping but rather an inappropriate delay of normalized parenting time.

The court ordered a step-up parenting plan transitioning to unsupervised overnight parenting time and awarded costs to the father.

The applicant father brought a motion for equal decision-making and a 2/2/3 shared parenting schedule at his separate residence.

The respondent mother brought a cross-motion for sole decision-making and exclusive possession of the matrimonial home.

The court found that the status quo was an equal parenting arrangement under a previous consent order, and that it was in the children's best interests to maintain equal parenting time but in separate residences to reduce conflict.

The father's motion for equal decision-making and a graduated shared parenting schedule was granted.

The mother's cross-motion for exclusive possession was dismissed as unnecessary given the father's undertaking not to return to the home.